Pennsylvania Governor Thomas W. Corbett tells WSJ’s Kim Strassel that his state has imposed the strongest fracking regulations in the country and that his state is taking action against violators.

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I ... worried ... Pennsylvania ... one of the reasons you have so much of it maybe you regulations are not strong enough ... comparisons to New York which is still studying some of that ... I can talk less about Pennsylvania's regulations would you make the case that they ... they are strong on the networking we need some sort of ... federal oversight of businessmen in discussion to that about the EPA stepping in and having more ... well Kim while we believe that the ... state's Laboratories democracy in ... the state of greater interest in what is going to be the best interest of the road habitual ... residence and any business ... and at the same time last year ... we had snack actors Tina Marcellus shale its leash ... that ... really did ... three s to talk about reviewing she ... is talked about ... the impact on communities ... and also talk about any anime had seen and selling ... that would protect the spirit ... of the regulations I we now have ... a spring release Berman released this ... week ... and we are sure you are interested in making sure we protect our cities ... we have increased the number ... of of ... inspectors they're ... up by multiple to two two points ... for over two hundred inspectors Korea inspecting those close to review cases ... across the Commonwealth of Spain ... these are people who live in is that ... who were going to be interested in making sure that the neighborhood ... it's good ... to themselves and their families is close ... to the people ran ... I also addressed income ... having been the attorney general here comes when you ... haven't been in business section in a related industry for years ... that would we regulate an industry that has promise ... one of the best ways to get the attention of the street make sure that their ... own rules ... is the ability to take an action against their problem if they don't ... behave thereby ... cutting corners ... it's about somebody downstream his own sustenance was dead ... it's in the interest of the company make sure it's been on the right way ... or they lose the access to that natural gas ... don't worry out there because some people do think I'd talk to people even in the industry ... I think that maybe the biggest threat to this moving ahead of that ... you will have an industry that doesn't break the rules that will end up being ... some sort of IMAX and enter a spell or something give it a bad reputation what is the biggest threat in any to the center fracking movement going forward is that ... they ... abuse the standards by the industry is it is the overall broader regulations against this is the price ... or do you do see this ... moving inevitably ahead ... well there's always going to be next in an inch ... I think the most important thing ... in addition to do ... is to try and limit the summer Rex and sometimes it going to be ... back to accidents ... on her cases you know apps are we have an effect on refining ... industry and so forth ... up but ... the best thing that industry can do ... is have high standards they possibly can ... and as you know um ... recently ... there whiz an agreed minimum ... number of the industry including Shell ... and Chevron ... it's all ... EQT here in Western Pennsylvania ... along with the firm manages to come up with ... certain standards that they should have me ... higher than what is it is federal government are ... and what they are at the ... state wealth ... I think that's good ... for the industry it is going to sell three minutes ... but you know that mistakes are going to have ... what we've looked for what we required for instance in ... the Marcellus shale ... is that rather than as one that we had to ... wait for somebody to respond to this building at Credit texts ... we can say that they have to have those kind people ... who know how to respond that still here in Spain ... now we have the ability to have a first responder to spills ... it'll be on scene within two hours reading where ... it has made with natural gas in its ... tone toward the experience it's there are acts ... we headed Still Reese ... I've that was completely contained within the containment area ... and ... two years ago it would've made much more news paper ... than it did ... this time it was last week in week four get now ... by so quickly ... I and and to see the differences in reporting ... it ... demonstrates to me that people are starting to learn that the industry is wanting to do the right thing ... you're always going to be some people in any industry to take shortcuts ... we can't take shortcuts who were trying to make sure ... that it didn't take shortcuts that are going to recede by ... the severe punishment that side of their best interest ... and certainly not in a financial just can t do that ...